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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 9:46 PM CST for Fentress County, Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:46 PM CST (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fentress County, TN, Overton County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
636
WFUS54 KOHX 010346
TOROHX
TNC049-133-010400-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0016.120301T0346Z-120301T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
946 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
* AT 943 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVINGSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
OVERTON AND WEST CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8494 3625 8539 3643 8537 3643 8514
3641 8513 3641 8510 3643 8510 3644 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 275DEG 37KT 3633 8526
$$
ROSE1 follow-up statement
633
WWUS54 KOHX 010359
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
959 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
TNC049-133-010409-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120301T0400Z/
OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-
959 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FENTRESS AND CENTRAL OVERTON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3621 8494 3625 8539 3643 8537 3643 8514
3641 8513 3641 8510 3643 8510 3644 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 275DEG 37KT 3632 8509
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 14 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.